June Ruff, 95, was artist, survivor

7:22 PM,
Feb. 28, 2013

June Ruff

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June Fox Von Bargen Ruff began life as an orphan and then an adopted child.

Because Mrs. Ruff had tuberculosis in her late teens, a doctor told John Ruff not to marry her. The doctor believed the TB would kill her in a few years. He ignored the advice in favor of love. After 65 years of marriage and three children, June Ruff died as an established artist whose work was owned around the world.

"Mom was a survivor. She was made of tough stuff," her son, John, of Maineville, said, adding his mother also was a breast cancer survivor. ...